5th September...
Two days later i returned to the location of the Wood White`s ovum to find it had just hatched, third time lucky for me as i had found two other eggs this year and missed the emergance of the larva and failed to find any trace of the caterpillar. The light was very poor and it was blowing a slight wind, all the photos were taken at the following camera settings.Speed 1/40th of a second, aperture value 5-0 bar one that was taken at 1/60th sec. and AV 6-0, which are very poor settings especially for close-up photography and i was surprised to get any sort of photo. They are definitely not the best photos i have taken this year and not the sharpest but, are certainly my favourites, and between the four of them depicts just how beautiful and cute the first instar Wood White larva is.I did return to try and find it again but, found no sign of the larva, so will try again next year, and hopefully get some better photos.
Wood White larva just hatched, Chiddingfold Wood, Surrey 033-5_1.jpg
Wood White larva just hatched, Chiddingfold Wood, Surrey 023-6_1.jpg
Wood White larva just hatched, Chiddingfold Wood, Surrey 036-2_1.jpg
Wood White larva just hatched, Chiddingfold Wood, Surrey 032-2_2.jpg
This larva is no longer than 3mm in length.